Sunday, June 21st

Biked a lot today. Also went to the gym and crushed weights.

Biked to the gym, biked at the gym, biked to the grocery store, biked to Father's day 8k on the canal, biked the course to measure out the mile marks, biked the course to lead the race/clear the way for the runners, then biked to the hospital to visit Charlotte, then biked home. Total was probably 25 miles or so.

Update

Out of the boot now, and able to walk around a little bit. Also able to do light bike riding (coasting to work). I'm 3.5 weeks into my 6 week stint of recovery, so not too much more to go. I'll be able to officially start easy running on July 4th.

Crazy Town

Not being able to run is making me go crazy. I've been on the effing arm bike for who knows how many hours, and I've been eating like a sorority sister (no, not coke and binge, just not eating much). Here's a lesson: Take your calcium and vitamin D.

Busted Wheel

So the official prognosis is a greenstick fracture of the 5th metatarsal. Greenstick fractures differ from stress fractures in a notable way, specifically, they are not caused by repeated trauma, rather by a specific instance of trauma. In my case, the doctor says it was probably from running over a rock (or thousands on that god damned train bed). This injury is sometimes referred to as the "Jones Fracture," (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_fracture). It's legit enough to show up clearly in an x-ray, which I thought was somewhat bad ass.

Anyway, they've got me in a boot for 2-3 weeks. No running, no biking, but swimming and weight lifting are allowed (just no weight lifting with my legs). In other words, I can't eat for 3 weeks unless I want to get fat.

UPDATE: 5th AND 4th metatarsals. They found the second fracture after another set of x-rays.